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I think I am having a MS Flareup..I am numb from below my waste down. It''s been 5 1/2 weeks and still getting worse. Had MRI'a on cervical and thorastic spine and no ne leisons showed up and nothing showed active. Has anyone experienced this. I am wondering if this will go away anytime soon. Also will it go away all at once or little by little.

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12 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:MS Flare with No new leisons showing upI think I am having a MS Flareup..I am numb from below my waste down. It''s been 5 1/2 weeks and still getting worse. Had MRI'a on cervical and thorastic spine and no ne leisons showed up and nothing showed active. Has anyone experienced this. I am wondering if this will go away anytime soon. Also will it go away all at once or little by little.

Thank for responding. My neuro said it was not an MS attack. I couldnt believe she actually felt is was something else. I have been diagnosed for 4 years. It is defintely MS. She wont put me on Steriods because I am a diabetic and they make your sugar level go way to high.

Question: when you have a flair does the symptoms go away slowly or all at once. Like will the numbness in my entire body all go away at once or will it go away gradually like it came?

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Report This| Share this:MS Flare with No new leisons showing upThank for responding. My neuro said it was not an MS attack. I couldnt believe she actually felt is was something else. I have been diagnosed for 4 years. It is defintely MS. She wont put me on Steriods because I am a diabetic and they make your sugar level go way to high.

Question: when you have a flair does the symptoms go away slowly or all at once. Like will the numbness in my entire body all go away at once or will it go away gradually like it came?

There is no way to know how you will recover or even whether your symptoms will go away. Every person is different, and every flare resolves differently in the same person. You might fully recover from one flare, but sustain some permanent damage from the next one.

Steroid therapy will only speed recovery, but will not effect the outcome.

That's why we take disease-modifying therapies such as the injectibles (Avonex, Betaseron, Copaxone, and Rebif) or infusion therapies such as Tysabri, or oral therapies such as Gilenya, Aubagio, and Tecfidera. These drugs are designed to reduce the number of flares and new lesions, reduce the severity of flares and their disabling outcomes, and slow the progress of the disease.

Report This| Share this:MS Flare with No new leisons showing upThere is no way to know how you will recover or even whether your symptoms will go away. Every person is different, and every flare resolves differently in the same person. You might fully recover from one flare, but sustain some permanent damage from the next one.

Steroid therapy will only speed recovery, but will not effect the outcome.

That's why we take disease-modifying therapies such as the injectibles (Avonex, Betaseron, Copaxone, and Rebif) or infusion therapies such as Tysabri, or oral therapies such as Gilenya, Aubagio, and Tecfidera. These drugs are designed to reduce the number of flares and new lesions, reduce the severity of flares and their disabling outcomes, and slow the progress of the disease.

Thanks for the reply. I was just wondering how your symptoms went away. I realize this May not be the case in my situation. I just can't find on the internet where anyone says my numbness went away slowly .or all at once. Being numb from the chest down...is driving me crazy. I wonder if it will go away like it came on..first my toes..then..feet..then legs..groin area and chest. Or all at once. Just want to know someone's story on how there's went away. I realize mine may be different.

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Report This| Share this:MS Flare with No new leisons showing upThanks for the reply. I was just wondering how your symptoms went away. I realize this May not be the case in my situation. I just can't find on the internet where anyone says my numbness went away slowly .or all at once. Being numb from the chest down...is driving me crazy. I wonder if it will go away like it came on..first my toes..then..feet..then legs..groin area and chest. Or all at once. Just want to know someone's story on how there's went away. I realize mine may be different.

I also had the numbness from the chest down. I was on IV steroids for 5 days. To be honest it took about 4 months for total feeling to return. I was in PT & OT 3 times a week for 2months. I am not saying this will be the same for you....asothers have stated everyone is different. My concern is ifyour neuro doesn't think its MS has he indicated what he doesthink it could be? Has he sent you for additional testing or toanother dr? I will say that I had a very large lesion on my cervical spine. I hope that if your dr. isn't trying to find out what is going on you will at least do so. Best of luck to you.

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Report This| Share this:MS Flare with No new leisons showing upI also had the numbness from the chest down. I was on IV steroids for 5 days. To be honest it took about 4 months for total feeling to return. I was in PT & OT 3 times a week for 2months. I am not saying this will be the same for you....asothers have stated everyone is different. My concern is ifyour neuro doesn't think its MS has he indicated what he doesthink it could be? Has he sent you for additional testing or toanother dr? I will say that I had a very large lesion on my cervical spine. I hope that if your dr. isn't trying to find out what is going on you will at least do so. Best of luck to you.

The numbness started going away from the chest down. The feeling in my feet were the last to return. Considering my numbness started in my left arm ran down my left side and upthe right til it reached my chest how it returned didn't seem that odd. I really think you need a new neuro. who specializes in MS. However, even some who say they specialize aren'talways the most knowledgeable. Do your homework. I have had 4 neuro in 14 yrs, 2 were in the same office who I saw for 12yrs. I only switched due to insurance. I now travel anhour to a MS clinic....which I love. I get a complete neuro examwhich even with an MS specialist I had never received in the yr and a half I saw him. You can also have nerve damage from MS. Good luck and keep us informed.

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Report This| Share this:MS Flare with No new leisons showing upThe numbness started going away from the chest down. The feeling in my feet were the last to return. Considering my numbness started in my left arm ran down my left side and upthe right til it reached my chest how it returned didn't seem that odd. I really think you need a new neuro. who specializes in MS. However, even some who say they specialize aren'talways the most knowledgeable. Do your homework. I have had 4 neuro in 14 yrs, 2 were in the same office who I saw for 12yrs. I only switched due to insurance. I now travel anhour to a MS clinic....which I love. I get a complete neuro examwhich even with an MS specialist I had never received in the yr and a half I saw him. You can also have nerve damage from MS. Good luck and keep us informed.

Thanks so much for sharing. I am 6 weeks in and it's still changing..the areas that were numb now feel like they have tight rubber bands around them in addition to being numb. I started getting numb in my left toes and then my right ones. It progressed until it reached my chest. Wondering how it might go away.....praying it goes away and soon. I feel really helpless. It baffles me that they don't have medicines that help with this. It's like take steroids or nothing. I would just like to have something that helps with the tightness. Sometimes it feels like my ribs are going to break.

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Report This| Share this:MS Flare with No new leisons showing upThanks so much for sharing. I am 6 weeks in and it's still changing..the areas that were numb now feel like they have tight rubber bands around them in addition to being numb. I started getting numb in my left toes and then my right ones. It progressed until it reached my chest. Wondering how it might go away.....praying it goes away and soon. I feel really helpless. It baffles me that they don't have medicines that help with this. It's like take steroids or nothing. I would just like to have something that helps with the tightness. Sometimes it feels like my ribs are going to break.

The tightness you describe sounds like the MS hug. It is caused by nerves misfiring and causing muscles to tighten. A good way to ease the pain is with warm compresses applied to the area. You could try a heating pad or a wet compress like a towel that has been dampened and heated in the microwave.

The tightness you describe sounds like the MS hug. It is caused by nerves misfiring and causing muscles to tighten. A good way to ease the pain is with warm compresses applied to the area. You could try a heating pad or a wet compress like a towel that has been dampened and heated in the microwave.

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